exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
last night; yesterday evening
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
when it comes to ...; as for ...
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to be splendidly handsome
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)